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Distributing Different CFG Files to Different Users

It is possible to distribute different CFG files to different sets of users. For example, you might have two groups of users, Sales Group users and Engineering Group users, where each group uses a different CFG file with their respective Siebel applications.

This topic is part of Distributing Upgrade Kits.

Distributing CFG Files to Different Groups of Users

The following procedure describes how to use Siebel Anywhere to distribute a new CFG file to each group of users.

To distribute different CFG files to different groups of users

1. Prepare all of the CFG files your various groups will use.
2. Start the Siebel application.
3. Navigate to the Administration - Siebel Anywhere screen, then the Upgrade Component List view.

   The Upgrade Components list appears.

4. Create a component for each applicable language, such as Sales Group CFG__ENU, that is similar to one of the default components for language-specific CFG files. Use the Copy Record option and set the values for the columns for each record as shown in the following tables.

   Example values for Record 1:

   Field Name	Value
   Name	Sales Group CFG__ENU
   Component Type	Siebel CFG File
   Min Version	100
   Max Version	Leave blank for a new component
   Locate Method	CFG
   Locate Information	Siebel,ClientRootDir,BIN\enu\SalesGrp.cfg
   Version Method	CFG
   Version Information	Siebel,Version

   Example values for Record 2:

   Field Name	Value
   Name	Engineering Group CFG__ENU
   Component Type	Siebel CFG File
   Min Version	100
   Max Version	Leave blank for a new component
   Locate Method	CFG
   Locate Information	Siebel,ClientRootDir,BIN\enu\EngGrp.cfg
   Version Method	CFG
   Version Information	Siebel,Version

5. Create a configuration for each language combination for each group of users (such as Sales Group and Engineering Group), and add the appropriate CFG components you just created as related components.

   See Planning and Preparing to Use Siebel Anywhere for details.

6. Navigate to the Administration - Siebel Anywhere screen, then the Upgrade Kits view.
7. Use Auto Create to create one upgrade kit for each group of users.

   For example, you might create one upgrade kit for Sales Group users, using the Sales Group CFG__language-code component and SalesGrp.cfg file, and another for Engineering Group users, using the Engineering Group CFG__language-code component and EngGrp.cfg file.

8. Apply the upgrade kits, and click on the Require Upgrade Kit button in the Apply Upgrade Kit Version Information dialog box.

The following procedure describes how to test the distribution of different CFG files to different groups of users.

Testing the Distribution of CFG Files to Different Groups of Users

The following procedure describes how to test the distribution of different CFG files to different groups of users.

To test distributing CFG files to different groups of users

1. Navigate to the Administration - Siebel Anywhere screen, then the Upgrade Configurations view.
2. Add the new CFG components (such as Sales Group CFG__ENU and Engineering Group CFG__ENU) to the Siebel Test Client configuration.
3. Add two or more users to the Employees list for Siebel Test Client.
4. Distribute the Siebel Test Client to verify that you can retrieve the kit successfully.
5. Make sure that your test users' CFG files reflect the correct ComponentName in their CFG files.

   For example, Sales Group users must have this parameter set to Sales Group Configuration while Engineering Group users must have this parameter set to Engineering Group Configuration. Also, have these users verify that an exact match exists between the ComponentName in the CFG file and the configuration name in the Administration - Siebel Anywhere screen, Upgrade Configurations view.

6. Distribute the final configurations (such as Sales Group Configuration and Engineering Group Configuration) to send the kit to all applicable users.